Body-Oriented, Evidenced-Based, Trauma-Informed Therapy | Alpharetta, GA
origins holistic psychotherapy
Integrative approaches for transformative healing.
You’re not broken
Healing is possible
Origins Holistic Psychotherapy is a space for deep healing, transformation, and self-discovery. We believe that true well-being comes from addressing the whole person, mind, body, and spirit. Your experiences, emotions, and challenges are uniquely yours, and our approach honors that.
We offer integrative, trauma-informed care through psychotherapy, coaching, and somatic healing, blending evidence-based techniques with holistic modalities to help you regulate your nervous system, release old patterns, and step into a more aligned and empowered version of yourself.
You are seen, heard, and welcome here. We provide affirming care for all identities and backgrounds. Explore our site to learn more, meet our team, and schedule a free 15-minute consultation to begin your journey!
EMDR
Therapy that helps reprocess distressing memories using bilateral stimulation, promoting emotional, cognitive, and nervous system healing while reducing trauma’s lingering effects.
SOMATIC THERAPY
A body-based approach that helps you reconnect with your physical self. This technique explores how emotions, sensations, and nervous system patterns shape your thoughts and overall well-being.
HOLISTIC THERAPY
An integrative approach focusing on the relationship between mind, body, and spirit, attempting to discover the deepest level of healing through the foundations of health and wellness.
ACT
Helps you face life’s pain with presence and courage while choosing actions aligned with your deepest values to create change rooted in flexibility, radical acceptance, and non-avoidance.
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
Uncovers the inner parts that protect and resist, bringing compassion and understanding to each one so your true Self can lead with calm energy, internal confidence, and more awareness.
BRAINSPOTTING
By following the eye’s connection to the body, this method accesses where trauma is stored, allowing deep emotional release, nervous system repair, and the integration of challenging experiences.
MINDFULNESS-CBT
Learn to anchor your thoughts, regulate emotions, and shift self-critical patterns through awareness practices that train both the mind and nervous system toward balance.
COUPLES THERAPY
Guides partners toward honest communication, mutual regulation, and emotional repair so connection feels safe, secure, and grounded in respect rather than reactivity.
TRANSPERSONAL THERAPY
Bridges psychology and spirituality to explore meaning, consciousness, and soul-level growth, helping you connect to your higher truth and move through life with intention/greater clarity.
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DR. MICHELLE SHLAFMAN PHD., LPC, ACS
CLINICAL DIRECTOR & PSYCHOTHERAPIST
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HAYLEY LOVELACE, MS, LPC
LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST
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ALI OBERLE, MS, NCC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
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KELLI HAXEL, MS, APC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
How it works
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Book a free consultation call
This initial phone call is for you to discuss what brings you to therapy, share the challenges you're experiencing, ask any questions you may have, discuss policies/costs, and discover if we're a good fit for working together.
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Schedule your first session
If we both feel comfortable moving forward, we'll schedule a session. Before we meet, you'll complete some forms on confidentiality, HIPAA, consent for treatment, and basic information/history.
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Establish a therapeutic relationship
In the first session, we'll get to know one another and set your goals for therapy. In our initial appointment, it’s important to notice if therapy feels like a space where you can see yourself trusting and opening up to me over time.
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Meet on a weekly/bi-weekly basis
For most clients, Origins suggest that we begin meeting once a week. Once we meet some of your goals, we may decide to meet bi-weekly or less often, usually after six months time.
You’re ready to transform…
You're tired of struggling and want to live a healthy and fulfilling life, but for that to happen, it’s helpful to have guidance so that you can see between the lines of your life experiences!
Origins believe that psychotherapy doesn't have to be invasive or energetically depleting. Instead, therapy can be a compassionate experience facilitated with safety, integrative practices, and intentional awareness while you journey through vulnerable spaces with love.
To get started, book a free consultation call today with our clinician’s, so you can find your light again.